Hi everyone, I just realized I made a HUGE mistake and hope someone has some advice for me. I am a US citizen. I just spent 30 days in Indonesia and 28 days in Malaysia. I leave Malaysia in 2 days heading to Singapore for 3 days. My plan was to spend 60 days in Thailand on a tourist visa and 2-3 weeks in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. It just occurred to me I forgot to apply for the Thai Visa and I won’t be in Malaysia or Singapore long enough to get it. I haven’t checked yet, but does anyone know if it’s easier to get a tourist visa in Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia and apply for the Thai visa there? Another option is to stay longer in Singapore until I get it, but hotels are very expensive there and I don’t know how difficult their Thai visa process is. I can’t believe I did this! I appreciate your thoughts.

UPDATE: I have what I need so I’m turning off comments. Thanks again for being so kind and gracious with your advice, even though I made a silly mistake in misinterpreting the Thai Visa information. I also appreciate those of you who went beyond and reminded me of the other country requirements I will be visiting too. You guys are a real treasure. Best to you all.

Humour me here please! Is it necessary to get any sort of visa to travel to Thailand for a holiday of 4 weeks? Thank you 🙂

Do you also get an overstay stamp with 1day overstay ?

I will arrive at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday evening. I have a connecting flight on Tuesday morning, so I'll be staying overnight (one night) at a nearby hotel.

Do I need to have 20,000 baht with me when I go through immigration?

What should I do? My flight is on Tuesday, 17th December, but I still haven’t received any response. Applied at Bucharest embassy.

Today 14.12: the status remains unchanged. There have been no updates, emails, or requests for additional documents.

Timeline:

• 03.12: Status: Pending Document Check

• 05.12: Status: Pending Approval

• 10.12: Status: Pending Document Check

What steps should I take now?

Can 8 do a border run on January 1st

What’s the best/most affordable route if I’m in Chiang Mai and need to do my border run, preferably same day if possible?

Call me old-fashioned & old-school and the fact that, previously, in-person Thai visa application submission + issuance of a physical Thai Visa Sticker in the passport = processing times seem to be quicker than current Thai e-Visa processing times; but, don't think anyone waiting for a Thai Visa Sticker ever exited the country and then re-entered the country to go to a Thai Embassy/Consulate during the wait for their Thai visa sticker issuance

So, the same concept/principle should apply for Thai e-Visa issuance = just stay physically in the country until the Thai e-Visa PDF is issued, even if it is a long processing time....

Also, this whole thing about being too lazy or cheap to physically print out the Thai E-Visa PDF:

Things happen in life, even in a fully digital world and humanity should be conserving paper and not wasting paper, but relying on showing something on a smartphone where some technical glitch could possibly happen and the smartphone becomes inoperable or one accidentally drops their smartphone, anyone would be wiser and more prepared with a simple sheet of paper with their Thai E-Visa printed on it....

Hello Everyone,

I need some advice. My three friends and I applied for a Thai visa at the Thai Embassy in London. One of us has received their visa, but the rest of our applications have been stuck in "Pending Approval" status for about a month.

We’ve emailed visa.lon@mfa.go.th but haven’t received any response. We’ve also tried calling the embassy, but no one is answering.

We are scheduled to fly next week. Does anyone have any advice on what we can do?

Thank you!

If drivers licenses are able to show "current location", what stops someone from applying remotely?

I'm on a business trip abroad but have a US passport/drivers license and may not have time to get back to the States before going to Thailand